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Minutes of the Committee on Indian Concern No 1

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8 framed houses, and 7 framed barns, remainder of their buildings as in the other Tribes, are of logs and bark; they raised in the year 1811 about 500 bushels of wheat, 2000 bushels of Indian Corn and plenty of potatoes, beans and other vegetables; they have 26 horses, 20 pair of Oxen, 54 milch Cows, 44 young Cattle, 56 Sheep and about 50 Swine. That part of the Oneida Tribe under our care consists of 440 persons in 51 families; they possess 19000 acres of land, of which 500 are improved; they raise about 1200 bushels of wheat and 1840 bushels of Indian Corn; their Stock consists of 25 horses, 24 Oxen, 33 milch Cows, 44 young Cattle, 56 Sheep and about 50 Swine. That part of the Oneida Tribe under our care consists of 440 persons in 51 families; they possess 19000 acres of land, of which 500 are improved; they raise about 1200 bushels of wheat and 1840 bushels of Indian Corn; their Stock consists of 25 horses, 24 Oxen, 33 milck Cows, 118 young Cattle, 40 Sheep and 100 Swine; there are in the settlement 6 framed houses, 6 framed barns and one saw mill; they have two waggons and ten ploughs. The Onondagoe Tribe consists of about 250 persons; they possess 12000 acres of land, of which 500 &; 600 are improved; they raised the last season 450 bushels of wheat, and 1400 Bushels of Indian Corn, besides considerable quantities of different kinds of vegetables; their Stock consists of 6 pair of oxen, 10 milck Cows and some young Cattle, and their implements of husbandry of a few ploughs and harrows &;c.